The Senate fullfilled its role and kept a number of far left judges off the bench.
This is simple payback. The Democrats did this to Dubya, as I recall.
George W. Bush appointed 315 federal judges in his two terms.
Barak Obama appointed 329 federal judges in his two terms.
IIRC GWB allowed at least some of Clinton’s judicial nominees to stay in the pipeline. On paper these would be listed as Bush2 nominees, but they are not on the conservative values side. That was an early red flag that Bush2 would be a very weak leader.